Upland Bag Contents

[Walkabout]

What do you keep in your hunting/shooting bag for upland hunting? Thanks

 

[Historian]

Since I shoot doubles (SXS) I carry enough for 10 shots per barrel.
Leather over powder wads coated in beeswax and olive mix. 20
40 Wool felt wads soaked in the same mixture. 1 under shot and 1 over shot.
Shot bag with enough for 20 loads.
Padded tin with loading and cleaning attachments for the ram rod.
Small bottle of cleaning solution and cleaning wipes with rag.
Powder horn.
Caps or extra flints.
That is about it.
Rob

 

[Trigger]

I have extra os cards.. easyer to find..

 

[Trigger]

put os cards in every pocket. It works good.

 

[SciAggie]

This is my setup. I shoot a 10 gauge for ducks and a 20 for dove or quail. I just swap wads and the shot in the snake. I normally have a small spray bottle of ballistol/water in a pocket too.

 

[LongWalker]

A couple spare flints and leathers, a screwdriver for the top jaw, vent pick. Card wads and shot flask. Horn and powder measure are hung from a separate strap. If I remember I throw in a worm to fit the ramrod.

 

[WALT53]

What do you keep in your hunting/shooting bag for upland hunting? Thanks

Tin of thin wads small pouch of shot ,small tin of lube and my flint wallet with tools and flints ansome cleaning patches and of course my powder horn .

 

[Brokennock]

Tin of lubed felt wads and thin "overshot" cards. A small leather bag with turnscrew, wore spring style tow/patch worm, cleaning patches, ball puller, and length of cordage for tow & toggle. Tin of prerolled and filled shot cartridge/cups. Tiny tin of homemade patch/wad lube also used for metal protection and sealing the edges of the pan. Short pieces of thick "toothpicks" or BBQ skewers to plug flash hole. Small antler priming flask. A bit of rag for wiping up lube messes or wiping the pan. Vent pick is tucked into a seam in my bag flap.
Pan brush is lost somewhere in the bottom of the bag as it is only used to remove dry prime if the gun didn't get fired.

Often lately whether it is squirrels or deer I have been forgoing the tin of wads in favor of a small leather bag hanging from my shot pouch strap that is full of overshot cards, lubed balls of "faux-tow", and lubed felt wads. It hangs next to the pouch and can be tucked inside if need be.

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

I carry loose shot in my back jeans pocket and a ziplock bag full of powder in the other. Capper around my neck and use grass and leaves as wadding.

 

[French Colonial]

I carry loose shot in my back jeans pocket and a ziplock bag full of powder in the other. Capper around my neck and use grass and leaves as wadding.

I bet the wife loves you when its time to wash those jeans.

 

[Sparkitoff]

I have my box at the car or camp with the bulk supplies. Going in the field, my bag has 20 pre-loaded tubes of powder, Irish Shot Flask, tube with caps and tube with thin card wads. I like it simple and light. I can put as many thin cards as I want down the bore instead of multiple types of wads). The tubes for caps and cards are easier to use with a screw-on top than trying to open a tin. If I need lube (which is rare in a day's outing) I just spit down the barrel. I bird hunt with a double gun. Eventually I will go back to the truck or camp throughout the day, and there I replenish whatever I've used thus far from my bag, and I hang up my birds and maybe switch dogs. Recently, I have acquired a take-down rod (with a bungie cord running through it). It folds down into 4 pieces and fits in my bag. Just a shake and it forms itself back together - and it's strong enough to load with. So I have added that to the bag "just in case" my main ramrod fails.